Rules for Creating a Procedure Package

If you want to define your own procedure package, you must take note of the following combination possibilities and rules:

Allowed combinations of procedures for individual lines or linear line networks (a line is defined as a planning segment)

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Short-term horizon	Medium-term horizon	Long-term horizon
Possible planning basis for horizon:	Possible planning basis for horizon:	Possible planning basis for horizon:
Order-oriented with lot size 1	Requirements-based, cumulated per day or shift:	Requirements-based, cumulated per day or shift:
Requirements-based with lot size 1	---	---
Planning basis of procedure (Depending on planning basis of horizon)	Planning basis of procedure (Depending on planning basis of horizon)	Planning basis of procedure (Depending on planning basis of horizon)
Sequence-oriented	Period-oriented	Period-oriented
---	Sequence-oriented and summable	---
Possible procedures:	Possible procedures:	Possible procedures:
Genetic Algorithm	Genetic Algorithm	Materials Planning Procedure
Prioritized Equal Distribution	Prioritized Equal Distribution	LP Procedure
---	Percentage Smoothing	Percentage Smoothing
---	LP Procedure	---

Caution Caution

When using the LP procedure, you cannot choose the planning segment in the line network. You must define the first line of the line segment as the planning segment.

End of the caution.

Allowed combinations of procedures for multiline planning

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Short-term horizon	Medium-term horizon	Long-term horizon
Possible planning basis for horizon:	Possible planning basis for horizon:	Possible planning basis for horizon:
Order-oriented with lot size 1	Requirements-based, cumulated per day or shift:	Requirements-based, cumulated per day or shift:
Planning basis of procedure (Depending on planning basis of horizon)	Planning basis of procedure (Depending on planning basis of horizon)	Planning basis of procedure (Depending on planning basis of horizon)
Sequence-oriented	Period-oriented	Period-oriented
Possible procedures	Possible procedures	Possible procedures
Genetic Algorithm	LP Procedure Genetic Algorithm (Requirements-based with lot size 1 or cumulated)	LP Procedure
Prioritized Equal Distribution	--	Materials Planning Procedure

Caution Caution

When using the LP procedure, you cannot choose the planning segment in the line network. You must define the first line or the first group of alternative lines of the line segment as the planning segment.

End of the caution.

Summary of Rules for Creating Procedure Packages:

Define the planning basis of the individual horizons for dispatching the orders in ascending order starting with the short-term horizon.
Order-oriented with lot size 1 Requirements-based with lot size 1 Requirements-based cumulated per shift Requirements-based cumulated per day .
You cannot enter an adjustment period for the planning basis "Order-oriented with lot size 1". It is also not possible to specify an adjustment period in the long-term horizon.
The planning basis of the horizon must suit the planning basis of the procedure (algorithm). The planning basis of the selected procedure limits the selection of the planning basis of the horizon and vice versa.
If, for example, you selected a purely sequentially-oriented procedure (procedure for creating an order sequence) for a horizon, the planning run cannot be carried out on the basis of a shift or a day. Instead, you have to enter a planning basis with lot size 1 for the horizon. This means that in this case, the planning must create planned orders with lot size 1.

If you selected a period-based procedure for a horizon, then you have to choose a planning basis with the setting Cumulated per day or shift for the horizon.